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> transit is a social-program and social programs are evil That and racism and/or classism. Wealthier neighborhoods are afraid that a public train will be br
by flanbiscuit 11y ago
> transit is a social-program and social programs are evil
That and racism and/or classism. Wealthier neighborhoods are afraid that a public train will be bring the poor through their neighborhoods therefore inviting crime. My friend's family who live in Arlington Texas told me how their community voted 'No' on building a sidewalk because of this very reason. A sidewalk!
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/12/the-myth-that-mass-transit-attracts-crime-persists-in-atlanta/383609/ http://www.citylab.com/crime/2014/12/the-myth-that-mass-tran...
- ams6110 11y agoI don't see anything wrong with a neighborhood democratically deciding they don't want sidewalks. Not much different than other covenants and restrictions many neighborhoods have, such as no vinyl siding, no boats parked in the driveway, etc.
- tekromancr 11y agoYea, but the goal was to keep "those people" (for whatever your value of "those" is) out of your neighborhood. I fail to see how that is not a discriminatory practice.